The Space Merchants

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Title	The Space Merchants
Year for Search	1952
Authors	Pohl, Frederik [George] [Jr.](1919-2013), and Kornbluth, C[yril] M[ichael](1923-58)
Tertiary Authors	Kornbluth, C. M.
Date Published	1952/1953
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Place Published	New York
Keywords	Male author, US author
Annotation	Advertising, overpopulation and corporate dystopia. See also 1984 Pohl.
Additional Publishers	U.K. ed. London: William Heinemann, 1955. U.S. ed. rpt. in American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1953-1956. Ed. Gary K. Wolfe (New York: The Library of America, 2012), 1-155 with “Biographical Notes” (777-79) “Notes on the text” (783-86) and “Notes” (789-99); and in Venus, Inc. (New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1985), 1-158. [21^st Century ed.]. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Griffin, 2011, with “Preface The Story of the Space Merchants” (v-xii). A different version, was published as “Gravy Planet.” Galaxy Science Fiction (New York) 4.3 - 5 (June - August 1952): 4-61, 108-59, 104-59. This version has some wording differences, mostly minor, throughout the text and three concluding chapters not found in the book. These three chapters are rpt. in the Library of American edition (791-99).
Holding Institutions	DLC, PSt
Author Note	Pohl (1919-2013) Kornbluth (1923-58) .
Full Text	1952 Pohl, [Jr.], Frederik [George] (1919-2013) and C[yril] M[ichael] Kornbluth (1923-58). The Space Merchants. New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. U.K. ed. London: William Heinemann, 1955. U.S. ed. rpt. in American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1953-1956. Ed. Gary K. Wolfe (New York: The Library of America, 2012), 1-155 with “Biographical Notes” (777-79) “Notes on the text” (783-86) and “Notes” (789-99); and in Venus, Inc. (New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1985), 1-158. [21^st Century ed.]. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Griffin, 2011, with “Preface The Story of the Space Merchants” (v-xii). A different version, was published as “Gravy Planet.” Galaxy Science Fiction (New York) 4.3 - 5 (June - August 1952): 4-61, 108-59, 104-59. This version has some wording differences, mostly minor, throughout the text and three concluding chapters not found in the book. These three chapters are rpt. in the Library of American edition (791-99). DLC, PSt Advertising, overpopulation, and corporate dystopia. See also 1984 Pohl.